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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4551480" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p>First, I think "Edition X did it better" is a fair criticism. It's basically the just a different was of saying "It wasn't broke, so why'd they 'fix' it?"</p><p></p><p>But on a more meta level, I have seen many fair criticisms of 4E (not just the one thecasualoblivion mentioned) unfairly shot down by 4E's supporters. I think too many people who like 4E see criticism of 4E as a criticism of them (some sort of reasoning that goes "They don't like 4E, and I do, so they think I'm a bad person."). Well that's just not the case. There's nothing wrong with liking 4E if it's your kind of game. That doesn't mean the rest of us should be mistreated for the crime of discussing 4E's shortcomings.</p><p></p><p>I think anyone who's actually upset by discussions needs to just breathe and contemplate how nice the weather is, and isn't it wonderful that we have things like computers and microfleece jumpers.</p><p></p><p>Probably what we need to do is just have a wiki of "Standard criticisms and responses" and link to it whenever someone comes along with a "new" post on how 4E is awful/pure genius. That'll save us all a lot of time. "Oh, another Argument 4a, is it? Well, READ THIS LINK." Plus, it may cure people of thinking they're clever and original.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 4551480, member: 1003"] First, I think "Edition X did it better" is a fair criticism. It's basically the just a different was of saying "It wasn't broke, so why'd they 'fix' it?" But on a more meta level, I have seen many fair criticisms of 4E (not just the one thecasualoblivion mentioned) unfairly shot down by 4E's supporters. I think too many people who like 4E see criticism of 4E as a criticism of them (some sort of reasoning that goes "They don't like 4E, and I do, so they think I'm a bad person."). Well that's just not the case. There's nothing wrong with liking 4E if it's your kind of game. That doesn't mean the rest of us should be mistreated for the crime of discussing 4E's shortcomings. I think anyone who's actually upset by discussions needs to just breathe and contemplate how nice the weather is, and isn't it wonderful that we have things like computers and microfleece jumpers. Probably what we need to do is just have a wiki of "Standard criticisms and responses" and link to it whenever someone comes along with a "new" post on how 4E is awful/pure genius. That'll save us all a lot of time. "Oh, another Argument 4a, is it? Well, READ THIS LINK." Plus, it may cure people of thinking they're clever and original. [/QUOTE]
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